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Judge Hendricks Trevor sends his scapegrace son Charles to New York City to work as a reporter for The Clarion . His first assignment takes him to Jefferson Market Court, where he sees an accused German spy escape from the courtroom. Charlie hails a taxi and follows the spy and his cohort to the home of an inventor, whose daughter Dorothy is rifling through his desk in an attempt to locate the formula of an important invention. The spies seize Dorothy, but Charlie captures them and turns them over to the police. Next Dorothy is kidnapped by another of the spy's accomplices, Carl Hoffman. Following a series of adventures, Charlie and the police rescue Dorothy and give the formula to the proper government authorities. Judge Trevor now proudly welcomes his son and new daughter-in-law home.